Kalisantrope
are a young prog band from Rescaldina, a small town in the province
of Milan. The band was formed in 2013 with a line up featuring Noemi
Bolis (bass), Alex Carsetti (drums) and Davide Freguglia (keyboards).
Soon after they met, they begun to work on some original compositions
and started performing live on the local scene. At the end of 2014
the band self released a very interesting debut EP entitled Anatomy
Of The World, with a very simple packaging and a nice artwork.
The album is completely instrumental and the overall sound could
recall bands such Emerson, Lake & Palmer or Le Orme but it would
be unfair to define them as clones of someone else. In my opinion
their song-writing is absolutely brilliant and these young musicians
deserve credit.
The
opener "Varroa Destructor" starts just by drums and bass,
then the keyboards bring in a disquieting, dramatic atmosphere. The
title refers to an external parasitic mite that attacks the honey
bees and that can only thrive in a honey bee colony. It attaches to
the body of the bee and weakens its prey by sucking hemolymph. A
significant mite infestation will lead to the death of a honey bee
colony, usually in the late autumn through early spring... Well, here
the music has an ethnic, tribal flavour and you can almost feel an
impending, threatening event looming on the horizon!
Next
comes "Hypophysis" that starts by an evocative intro played
by the keyboards setting a mysterious, almost spacey atmosphere. The
title refers to the pituitary gland, or hypophysis, an endocrine
gland, a protrusion off the bottom of the hypothalamus at the base of
the brain from where are secreted the hormones that help to control
growth, blood pressure and many other functions of the human body...
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"Holodomor"
is another evocative track featuring a dark, almost gloomy mood. The
title refers to the "Terror-Famine in Ukraine". According
to wikipedia sources, the word Holodomor literally translated
from Ukrainian means "death by hunger", or "to kill by
hunger, to starve to death". The Holodomor was a man-made famine
in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1932 and 1933 that
killed an estimated 2.5–7.5 million Ukrainians, with millions more
counted in demographic estimates. Since 2006, the Holodomor has been
recognized by the independent Ukraine and many other countries as a
genocide of the Ukrainian people carried out by the Soviet Union...
The
following "Concept Fading" is lighter and alternates
delicate, dreamy piano solo passages with heavier, frenzied sections
full of energy with the keyboards backed by a strong rhythm section.
It leads to the excellent final suite "She", a long,
complex track divided into three parts. The first one is subtitled
"Funeral Elegy" and features a classical inspired church
like organ solo that sets a dark atmosphere. The rhythm section comes
in for the second part, subtitled "1st Anniversary: An Anatomy
Of The World", where a steady marching beat fades in a dreamy,
reflective passage leading to the jazzy conclusive part, subtitled
"2nd Anniversary: The Progress Of The Soul". A great track!
On
the whole, I think that this is a very promising debut work that it
is really worth listening to. Have a try! You can listen to the
complete album HERE
Kalisantrope:
Anatomy Of The World (2014). Other opinions:
Michael
"Aussie-Byrd-Brother": "Anatomy of the World"
already shows great promise, with the young group striking a good
balance between a modern sound with vintage Seventies RPI qualities.
Some parts remind of the instrumental elements of Le Orme, and,
surprisingly, other moments hint at the classical elegance and daring
of Triade's sole 1973 album "1998: La Storia di Sabazio"!
With fleeting moments of gothic grandeur, brief space- rock
diversions, heavier bursts and symphonic flavours also worked in,
it's an exciting little start to a potentially great new band to keep
an eye on!... (Read the complete review HERE)
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